After spending four days in Barcelona last August, I have very mixed feelings about it – the Gaudi architecture is beautiful and the nightlife is vibrant but it was also a precarious time politically in Catalonia and the constant and at times aggressive hassling by street vendors got old very quickly. While I would still wholeheartedly recommend a trip to Barcelona, you can expect somewhere a little more complex and ‘real’ than your average tourist destination! Here’s my itinerary for 24 jam packed hours in Spain’s second city.